2. Division of Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Title I, Part A – Comparability of Services Training Module Completing the Comparability Computation Form

3. Enter data for each Grade Span tested:  County-district number – Must be entered for the CCF results to calculate  District name  Grade span grouping  3-digit Campus number  Campus name  For “Title I, Part A or Skipped” column - Y or blank for Non Title I  Campus enrollment- The date must be consistent across all grade span groups and all campuses. (does not have to be “snapshot”)

4. District data entry Individual campus data entry Displays running totals of campus comparability results Displays individual campus data results Comparability Computation Form There are four areas on this screen:

5. Comparability Computation Form Enter for each grade span grouping, the latest budgeted data:  Campus State and Local Expenditures (Test 1)  Campus Base Salaries for non-federal instructional staff (Test 2)  Campus non-federal instructional FTEs (Test 3)

6.  Excel workbook contains 10 worksheets.  Enter data in a separate worksheet for each grade span being tested.  Use only the worksheets you need. Comparability Computation Form

7.  Rename tab for the grade span being tested Comparability Computation Form

8. Optional Worksheet

9. Excluded Campus Information (Optional Worksheet)

10. Comparability Computation Form Example of completed CCF data entry for grouping with Title I/Skipped and Non-Title I: Only the “A” tests are valid.

11. Comparability Computation Form Example of completed CCF data entry for grouping with all Title I or Skipped: Only “B” tests are valid.

12.  Important: The LEA must choose one test and apply it successfully district-wide to prove Title I, Part A compliance. Test 1: Comparison of State and Local Expenditures per Pupil Test 2: Comparison of Per-Pupil Expenditures for State and Local Base Salaries Test 3: Comparison of Pupil/Non–Federally Funded Instructional Staff Ratio See example on next slide. Comparability Computation Form

13. Grade-Span Grouping Configuration Identified by LEA Type of Campuses in the Grade-Span Grouping District-Wide Test Chosen Compliance must be shown for Elementary Schools (Large)Title I and Non–Title I33A Elementary Schools (Small)Title I Only33B Middle SchoolsTitle I and Non–Title I33A High SchoolsTitle I Only33B Example - the LEA chooses Test 3. It must be compliant for 3A or 3B. The campuses within the grade-span groupings will dictate which test to pass (A or B). Comparability Computation Form

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